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*A Collection of
Antiquarian Curios & Relics*
"Unfortunately,
the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases,
the future
recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting . . ."
--Haruki
Murakami
NOBEL
PRIZE FOR LITERATURE DELICATESSEN
1) MURAKAMI SANDWICH WITH
AMERICAN CHEESE . . . Both Bantam and most of the Free World have
been waiting for George R.R. Martin's latest installment in The Game of
Thrones series, The Winds of Winter, but alas, it looks like
it won't be released anytime soon. So with the holiday season right
around the corner, what's a publisher to do? Well, obviously, you
repackage some of his old material, slap a snappy cover on it, and you call it A
Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (9780345533487) 30.00. The three
novellas in this book take place about a hundred years before the events
depicted in his Song of Ice and Fire series and the HBO TV show, and
they are also available as 'graphic novels.' Also, to cash in on the
coloring book craze, The Official A Game of Thrones Coloring Book
(9781101965764) 16.95 will release on October 27. You might want to have
a few extra red pencils handy before you start . . .
2) PHILIP ROTH CORN BEEF ON
RYE . . . In Nicholas Sparks news: It is very likely that
Mr. Sparks will be snubbed by the Nobel Prize committee yet again.
However, it's not only doom and gloom for him; he has a new release this week
called See Me (9781455520619) 27.00 . . . 'Feel me, touch me, heal
me, listening to you, I get the music, gazing at you, I get the heat, following
you, I climb the mountains, I get excitement at your feet . . .', and he
has also signed a deal for a new TV show with the CW. The main character
is a romance writer who has divorced his wife of 25 years. Now he has to
learn how to be single all over again and learn how to date. Oh, and the
author is seen as an expert on love. I just don't know how Mr. Sparks
comes up with these original ideas . . .
3) JOYCE CAROL OATS
VEGETABLE SANDWICH . . . I hate to say it but steampunk is going
mainstream. First of all, Jim Butcher is starting a new steampunk series
called The Cinder Spires. The initial book in this series is The
Aeronaut's Windlass (9780451466808) 27.95, and I'm sure, like The
Dresden Files, there will be many more to come. Also, the string of
Zombie Halloween parties at Schulers Books has come to an end this year, and it
is being replaced by a Steampunk Tea Party featuring Gail Carringer, the author
of Prudence: The Custard Protocol (9780316212243) 20.00, on October
29. Come out and play!
As a last note, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey
Cranor have written Welcome to Night Vale (9780062351425) 19.99, which
ties into their wildly popular podcast. It's not out until October 20,
but it has the potential to be a huge sleeper upon its release. It's what
the kids are into . . . .
Odds
& Sods
The venerable
Wil Haygood stopped in today and signed copies of his new title, Showdown:
Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America
(9780307957191) 32.50. With the state of race relations in our country,
his trials and tribulations are still relevant. As usual, it's first
come, first served.
Also, we are
distributing Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's new book, Big Lessons
from a Small Town (9781933926599) 17.95. It has a folksy rural
cover that will appeal to his base. Bill is also out pounding the pavement with
autographings so it's getting some buzz . . .
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